Essays about: "suicide of farmers"

Found 3 essays containing the words suicide of farmers.

  1. 1. Cotton cultivation : An exploratory study of agricultural opportunities to fight poverty in India

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Malin Nilaeus; Lovisa Bråvi; [2016]
    Keywords : Economy; suicide; cotton; farmers; India; agriculture; water;

    Abstract : Cotton has over the past years become a less profitable crop to grow. This has affected millions of people cultivating it. In India the struggles of cotton farmers become clear when looking at the high suicide rates amongst them with economic reasons being the most common cause. READ MORE

  3. 2. The impacts on Indian farmers when converting to organic cotton production : an organisation theory perspective

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Malena Hedin ; Mastaneh Mashouri; [2013]
    Keywords : India; cotton; organisational change; organic cotton; conventional cotton; agricultural; Maslow s need of hierarchy; Principal-agent; NGO;

    Abstract : Changes in the environment are affecting the world market, and pressures from several stakeholders’ are forcing different enterprises to adjust to the current situation. Farmers’ difficult working conditions and environmental impacts of the conventional cotton production in India have been highlighted. READ MORE

  4. 3. SHRINKING WORLD, EXPANDING CRISIS : WTO, Globalisation and the Agrarian Crisis in Wayanad, Kerala

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Mathew Abraham; [2007]
    Keywords : WTO; Agreement on Agriculture AoA ; suicide of farmers; trade and development; environmental degradation; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The agricultural sector world wide has undergone a drastic change through the integration of the local markets to the global ones with the advent of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the main propagator of international trade. The third world in general has stood to suffer with this emergence of neo-liberal market fundamentalism, the consequence of which has been a major crisis in the farm sector worldwide. READ MORE